Hayabusa
M-V
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Hayabusa
Type: Astrophysics
MUSES-C (renamed Hayabusa after launch) is a sample return mission to the asteroid. Its primary goal is to acquire and verify technology which is necessary to retrieve samples from a small body in the solar system and to bring back them to the earth.
Location
M-V Pad
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
43 rockets have launched from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
Rocket
M-V – IHI Corporation
Family: Mu
Length: 30.8 m
Diameter: 2.5 m
Launch Mass: 137 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1800 kg
The M-V was manufactured by IHI Corporation with the first launch on 1997-02-12. M-V has 6 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 7 launches. The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.
Agency
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Type: Government
Abbreviation: ISAS
Launchers: Lambda
Country: JPN
ISAS is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan’s space development.
